Hotels in Tanzania

Also featured on the Gold List in: 2006

"You can see for miles across the Serengeti from the porch of your tent" at this eight-year-old colonial-style hilltop camp in crocodile territory. Tents have handmade patchwork quilts, marble washstands, and rosewood writing desks. Staff in traditional robes "treat you royally." Internet service is available.

25 tents

Amenities: Game drives, Pool

Also featured on the Gold List in: 2005, 2006

This property on the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater has wood and stone buildings lit by wall lanterns and linked by timber walkways. Rooms, each with a rock balcony, have leather headboards and indigo and jasper color schemes. The food is "not really outstanding," but "staff accommodate special needs."

75 rooms

Amenities: Game drives

Also featured on the Gold List in: 2005

Earning a perfect Location score for its hilltop setting and 360-degree views over the savanna, the property has grass-thatch huts inspired by the circular rondavel dwellings of a Masai village. Staff make you feel "safe and comfortable at all times." Meals mean local and international dishes, and the chance to brag: "We were the envy of all at dinner after we saw the Big Five."

66 rooms

Amenities: Game drives, Pool